RUBICON, Wis. -- A couple surprise inspections at state dairy farms this week are raising questions about whether the Department of Agriculture is out looking for raw milk.

At least two farms were visited this week, outside of the one raided in Sauk County. The farms said they're following the letter of the law, and the state food safety administrator said they're just touching base with some farmers to make sure everyone knows the laws haven't changed.

Customers can find just about any organic good imaginable at the Back to the Best Farm in Dodge County, but they won't find any raw milk on the shelves.

"The incidental (sale) is basically nothing, is what we found out, so we basically had to stop selling it," said owner Dan Siegmann.

Despite the fact that he's not selling raw milk, Siegmann's dairy was visited unannounced by a Department of Agriculture inspector.

"They visited us, just to answer questions we might have had, which obviously I knew what was going on already," said Siegmann. "It was an unscheduled visit; it was a surprise. I'd like to say a pleasant surprise but I've had more pleasant surprises."

He said his Grade-A dairy and licensed retail store passed the inspection just fine, but some are wondering why he and a Bloomer dairy that used to sell raw milk are now being dropped-in on by inspectors with the state Department of Agriculture, Trade and Consumer Protection.

"Both these places there have had interactions with the department and my purpose was simply to see the place firsthand, because it's otherwise hearsay, and then to let them know where we're coming from now that the raw milk bill has been vetoed," said Steven Ingham, administrator of the state Department of Food Safety and Inspection. "(We want to) let them know that we're in a way back to square one as far as that goes and how we're going to be addressing these as we move forward."

Siegmann said he follows the law.

"If someone comes in and I don't know them, sure it's an incidental sale, but if I don't know them I can't legally sell to them," said Siegmann.

But he said those who want raw milk will find a way to get it.

"If the law stays the way it is, raw milk consumption will remain underground; you can bank on that," said Siegmann.

Siegmann said another fallout from the raw milk law is that some producers who had been selling it now have a surplus of milk that they can't even sell to organic milk companies that pasteurize. He said there's a glut in the market right now, so they're taking a hit financially as well.

Just last month, Gov. Jim Doyle vetoed a bill to allow the sale of raw milk on Wisconsin farms. The measure had been passed by the Legislature if farmers only sold the milk from their farm and didn't use outside advertising.